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COMBINATION BATH AND WASH TUB.

4 (Application mea 'sept 11, 1897.) (No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,630, dated October4,` 1898,

Application filed September 1l, 1897. Serial No. 651.316. (Nomodel.) i

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY W. HENDRICK- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing 'in the city of New York, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in aCombination Bathand Wash Tub, ot which the following is a specification.

My improvement pertains to that class of tubs largely in demand foriiats in apartmenthouses in which a single construction made p incompartments is adapted to serve the several uses of a washtub havingtwo or more divisions and also of a bath-tub.

My improvement involves an efficient arrangement providing for aneffective increase in the length of the bath-tub over that usuallyattained and also provides a third compartment, shallower, with its basesustained at a higher level, adapted to serve all the uses of a sink.The sink is at one end. The construction is in one piece, with onecompartment-that adjacent to the sink-a little longer than usual at thetop. It` is much longer than usual at the'bottom by reason of extendingunder the sink. There is a third compartment of theordinary form; but itmay be a little shorter than usual. In the use of the structure as abath-tub the occupant can extend his feet under the sink. The drain ofthe sink extends down from the bottom ot' the sink to the bottom of thebath-tub at about the mid-width of the structure and serves the doublefunction of a discharge'for the sink and a post or support for theextended surface of the sink-bottom.

I can make my improved tubs of a wide range of materials. I willdescribe it as formed by the ordinary processes, of stift cement, havingthe passages formed in its thickness, as set forth in the patent to medated July 30, 1895, No. 543,480, modied to aci commodate the changedconditions.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical central,

section, and Fig. 2 a plan View, of the tub complete. Figs. 3 and 4 arecorresponding sections of portions on a larger scale. Fig. 5

is a cross-section on the line 5 5 in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 6 is acorresponding section on the line 6 6 in Figs. l and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all thefigures where they appear.

A is the body of the tub; A', an ordinary vertical partition; B, thedischarge-passage for the compartment ,e to the right thereof, and a isa horizontal passage formed integrally with the tubv and extending alongthe center of its bottom in the manner set forth in the patent of 1895above referred to..

W is an upright hollow column formed integrally with the sink andbath-tub arranged under the sink and serving the double function of asupport and a drain-pipe for the sink.

.D is the discharge-oriiee for the largercompartment y, which, like thecompartment e, serves as a tub forwashing, rinsing, &c., and in additionto its service in such capacity is peculiarly adapted to serve usefullyas a bathtub. A separate passage a is formed in the bottom of the tubfrom the discharge D. This may be made in the same manner as describedfor the forming of the passage in my previous patent.

F is a discharge-pipe which may be of lead iianged out in the ordinarymanner and secured as will appearfarther on. It receives the water fromeither or both the compartments y and e and also from the sink, thespace in which is marked the latter being separated from the'compartment y by the horizontal fioor A3 and the shallow uprightpartition A4. VThe several partitions separating these compartments maybe formed integrally with the body A of the tub.

There is lan overflow-passage in the partition A', which is equippedafter the fashion set forthin my previous patent, to allow any surpluswater admitted to either compartment y or ,e to flow down into the mainhorizontal passage ain the bottom of the tub and escape by flowingdownward freelythrough the common discharge-pipe F. p

The material of the bottom of thetub is swelled downward a little at thepoint of junction of the several passages, as indicated at A2. I bed inthe material at this point a series of bolts I and t a ring J to applythereon, confining the anged upper end of the pipe F,

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effecting any required degree of pressure by nuts I There may be a trapat any desired level in the pipe F, such trap being of any ordinary orsuitable form. (Not shown.)

Lime cement of proper proportions serves very Well and by properlytreating the surface I can give a glaze which will be hard and willwithstand the chemical influences to which it will be subjected inordinary practice; but I find it expedient to defend the corners or themargins of the upper edges and attain this with ine effect at small costby simply using a partially-formed tube, which may be produced either byrolling sheet metal until the edges approach each other, or by cuttingout a portion from a previously-formed tube, or by sawing or otherwisecutting along a previously-formed tube and forcibly spreading it. Anymode may be adopted Which will produce the effect of a rounded contouron one side and a proper construction for engaging with the plasticmaterial at the opposite side. The engagement is effected by fillingsuch partial tube with the same cement or other plastic material asforms the body and partitions of the tub by holding thepreviously-prepared tubes of metalin the required position in what is tobe the upper edge or top rim of the tub and supplying the material inthe plastic condition, so that it shall not only fill the mold but alsoenter the splits and fill the tubes. When the material sets, it confinesthe metal tubes not only by adhesion to their outer surface but also bylocking through the split with corresponding material filling theinterior of the tube. Both edges of the top of a tub and also of the topof each of the vertical partitions may be thus finished and defended. Inthe drawings, K K are such partially-formed tubes, the apertureextending along one side being marked 7c. It will be understood that theoveriiowpassages may be guarded by strainers and the discharge-passagesby plugs in any ordinary or suitable manner. There may be the ordinarytrap-screw, as shown, to facilitate cleaning if the passage in the baseof the tub should become clogged. My construction is self-cleansing asordinarily used.

v In the use of my tub for washing purposes the clean Water may be ineither of the compartments y or a, and the two compartments may be usedin all the ordinary manners, including the clamping of the wringer onthe partition A and transferring the partlycleansed articles through itfrom one compartment into the other. IV hen the structure is to be usedfor a bath-tub, only the compartment y is employed, the water, heated orcold, or both, being admitted and discharged in the ordinary manner andthe tub used in all respects in the ordinary manner, with the advantagethat the occupant has ample room in a tub of the ordinary generaldimensions to sit in the tub and extend his feet under the sink. Thesink may be used in all ordinary ways.

Modifications may be made without departing from the principle orsacrificing the advantages of the invention. When the tub is made ofslate or other material which is received in plane slabs, the swells inthe sides of the main body will be replaced by plane sides, which mayboth be vertical or one or both may be inclined.

Parts of the invention may be used without the Whole. I can place thedischarge from the sink at either corner of the tub or in various otherpositions. I can use other modes of finishing the upper edge.

I claim as my invention- 1. A combined bath-tub and sink having a spaceunder the sink serving as a portion of the tub, a straight verticalsink-discharge W, formed integrally with the tub and sink and located inthe central line thereof, a tub-discharge in the tub-bottom intersectedby the sink-discharge W, the latter being adapted to perform the doublefunction of a drain and a support for the sink, all substantially asherein specified.

2. A combined bath-tub, sink, and washtub, the bath-tub having a spaceunder the sink serving as a portion of the tub, a straight verticalsink-discharge'W, formed integrally with the tub and sink and located inthe central line thereof, a bath-tub discharge in the tubbottomintersected by the sink-discharge W, the latter being adapted to performthe double function of a drain and a support for the sink, and adistinct drain-passage leading from the washtub, extending along andlocated in the bath-tub bottom andindependentlyintersecting thesink-discharge W, the drain-passages of the bath and wash tubs beingparallel near the junctions to avoid backflow, substantially as hereinspecified.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY W. IIENDRICKSON.

Vitnesses:

THOMAS DREw-S'rErsoN, M. F. BoYLE.

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